Sustainable supply chain management in stakeholders: supporting from sustainable supply and process management in the healthcare industry in Vietnam

Abstract

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Drivers of sustainable healthcare supply chain performance: multi-criteria decision-making approach under grey environment

“…The drivers, namely, "Coordinating and Facilitating Green suppliers in the HCSC (12.5%)" and "Green packaging of pharmaceutical and essential items (11.3%)" have been ranked second and third respectively. The HC organizations coordinate and facilitate the green suppliers as an important and innovative practice in the SHCSC (Tseng et al, 2020). The coordination between the HC organizations and suppliers results in the development of mutual trusts and that dictates organizations to help and facilitate suppliers to develop green products and services (Hu et al, 2019;Koberg and Longoni, 2019;Tseng et al, 2020).…”

“…The HC organizations coordinate and facilitate the green suppliers as an important and innovative practice in the SHCSC (Tseng et al, 2020). The coordination between the HC organizations and suppliers results in the development of mutual trusts and that dictates organizations to help and facilitate suppliers to develop green products and services (Hu et al, 2019;Koberg and Longoni, 2019;Tseng et al, 2020). The rise in awareness about the environment has led to the demand for green products and services, exerting pressure on HCSC chain firms for green packaging and green services across the supply chain (Zhu et al, 2013).…”

“…The economic environment at present has been changing very fast, compelling HC organizations to adopt measures to adapt to the (technological) change to enhance speed and to cope up with uncertainties (Koberg and Longoni, 2019). In the era of high uncertainty, HC organizations select suppliers that are in compliance with certain standardized processes and policies, such as the ISO 14000 (Ni and Sun, 2019;Tseng et al, 2020). The outcome of these processes is eco-friendly designed products and services that reduce the negative impact throughout the entire life cycle of the product (Eizenberg and Jabareen, 2017;Leksono et al, 2019).…”

“…The outcome of these processes is eco-friendly designed products and services that reduce the negative impact throughout the entire life cycle of the product (Eizenberg and Jabareen, 2017;Leksono et al, 2019). The HC items are then delivered using green packaging that enables sustainability of the SC performance (Tseng et al, 2020). The after use and its by-products are processed and treated systematically that explicitly outline the procedures to reduce the negative thrust on the environment (Dey and Cheffi, 2013;Thakur and Ramesh, 2017).…”

“…On the environment front, HC regulatory framework works as an important tool to deliver sustainability results in the HCSC (Hossain and Thakur, 2020). The regulatory framework enables organizations to function in compliance with the environmental standardization provision of ISO 14000 (Tseng et al, 2020). Resultantly the drivers: eco-friendly designed products and services, green packaging and waste management are essential drivers to assess the SHCSC performances that reduces adverse impact on the environment (Thakur and Ramesh, 2017;Leksono et al, 2019).…”